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Reported gas odor at multi story building found to be cooking smell, Newport News VA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/7/2025 05:41 AM

West Ave, Newport News, VA 23607

Emergency units responded to a report of a gas leak at a multi story building near West Avenue between 23rd and 25th Streets in Newport News. After investigation, the smell was determined to be from cooking, not a gas leak.

Audio|Heard on: Newport News Public Safety

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Transcript:

00:00

Italian 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, Ladder 2, and Safety 2.

00:05

Respond to structural commercial or family dwelling gas leak.

00:09

Warwick SRO at near West Avenue.

00:13

Cross streets are 23rd Street and 25th Street.

00:21

If you want on scene, multi-story structure, nothing showing to be investigating Hartford.

00:28

10 more on scene with nothing showing 844 hours.

00:32

I have TAC 2 open for you.

00:39

Battalion 1 is monitoring TAC 2.

00:44

More?

00:50

2 is on scene.

00:52

We'll establish West Ave command, contact 2.

00:56

10 4 engine 2 on scene in command.

01:03

We're sitting on scene, contact 2.

01:06

We got a command.

01:11

We're on scene on channel.

01:13

We're setting up on the D-side.

01:16

We're going to apartment 303.

01:23

104303.

01:28

104303. You want command.

01:31

All units can be clear.

01:33

Just cooking smell.

01:37

Arm.

01:38

Silver Hill Apartments.

01:40

At near Arboretum Way.

01:42

Cross streets are reserveway and dead end.

01:49

West Ave command, Newport News.

01:52

You can clear all units from the SRO.

01:58

It can be an odor of cooking.

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West Ave, Newport News, VA 23607

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